Shaving-cup and brush-holder.



No. 642,834. Patented Feb. 6, 1900. s. w. BABBITT.

SHAVING CUP AND BRUSH HOLDER.

(Application filed Nov. 11, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT CEEICE.

SETH NVILLIAM BABBITT, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT.

SHAVlNG-CUP AND BRUSH-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,834, dated February 6, 1900.

Application filed November 11, 1898. Serial No. 696,119. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LSETH WILLIAM BABBITT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brush-Holding Means for Shaving-Mugs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a holding means for supporting a shaving-brush or the like on a shaving-mug or similar article.

The invention has for its object to provide means on a shaving-cup for supporting the brush, so that it will not be in the way of the hand of the user and will hold the brush out of the soap or water in the cup. A further object is to so construct the brush and holder that the former can be readily placed in the latter with the least possible trouble, to so construct the brush and holder that neither the brush nor the cup will be disfigured thereby, and to mount the holder or support pivotally on the cup,so that the brush when in the holder can be turned and be held at any desired angle to the cup in order that the brush maybe supported with its bristles over the cup or so turned that it will be entirely out of the way of the user in manipulating the cup or brush. A further object is to generally improve and simplify the several parts of the improvement. With these objects in view the invention is embodied in a cup provided with a holding portion suitably shaped and a brush having a portion suitably shaped to engage said holding portion and be positivelyheld thereby.

Theinvention further comprises a cup having on a suitable portion thereof a swiveled support and a brush adapted to engage with and be held by said support, so that it can turn therein in relation to the cup.

The invention further comprises a cup or mug having thereon a substantially U -shaped swiveled brush holder or support and a brush provided with external shoulders between.

which said support is adapted to engage.

The invention further comprises the parts, combinations,and arrangement thereof, hereinafter described, and particularly set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown a practical embodiment of my invention; but I desire it understood that Ido not limit the invention in its useful applications to the particular construction which I have therein delineated for the sake of making my invention better understood.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of a shaving cup or mug, showing my invention applied thereto and in which the brush is shown by dotted lines in different positions. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view showing the brush in place in the holder. Fig. '3 is an elevation of the brush-holder. Fig. 4 is an elevation showing the holder applied to a different portion of the cup.

Referring to the drawings, wherein like reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views, the shavingmug illustrated comprises a cup portion A, which may be provided with a handle B and a soap-holding portion or dish 0.

D represents a holder or support for the 'brush, preferably of U shape, as shown in the drawings. This holder or support D is swiveled or pivoted to the cup in any preferred manner-such, for instance, as shown in the drawings, wherein it may be seen that the holder D has projecting therefrom a pintle or stud cl, which pivotally engages in a bearing e in a portion e on the cup, and the construction of the bearing and stud is such, preferably, that the stud cannot be removed from the bearing. As shown in the drawings, the support is mounted on the movable soap-dish, and I prefer to have it there, as the soap-dish can be turned in the cup, thereby moving the support to any desired positionas, for instance, opposite the handle of the cupwhere it is insured that the brush held thereby will be out of the way of the hand of the user. I desire it understood, however, that the support may be mounted elsewhere on the cupas, for instance, on the handle thereof, as shown in Fig. 4:, or on some immovable part of the cup proper.

E represents the brush, which is shown provided with two external shoulders F and G, which engage when the brush is placed in the holder one on either side of the latter and insure a perfect hold for the brush and prevent its accidental displacement from the holder.

With the brush thus constructed it will be apparent that the same can readily and without any particular care or observation be placed in the support or holder.

From the above description it will be readily seen that the brush can be readily and quickly placed in the holder, in which it can be by the swiveling of the holder turned to bring the bristles over the cup or to bring the bristles to a position where there is no danger or likelihood of the hand of the user contacting with the lather thereon, and it will further be seen that by mounting the brushholder on the movable soap-dish the brush can be moved bodily by the turning of the soap-dish in the cup to any desired point with relation to the handle of the cup.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent, is-- l. The combination with a shaving-mug, of a substantially U-shaped brush-holder, means for securing the holder to the mug and against tilting, and a brush having a portion of its handle shaped to engage directly with said holder and to embrace the same whereby the brush is held in a position against tilting.

2. The combination with a shaving-mug, of asubstantially U-shaped brush-holder, means for pivotally securing the holder on the mug and securing the same against tilting, and a brush having a portion of its handle fashioned to embrace the holder whereby the brush is held against tilting.

3. The combination with a support such as a shavingmug, of a substantially U-shaped rigid brush-support carried by the mug and located above the plane of the same, and a brushhavinga circumferential groove formed in its handle and fashioned to receive the sup- I port for the purposes specified.

5. The combination with a shaving-mug, of a substantially U-shaped support having a vertical pivot-pin, a bearing on the mug in Which the pin is placed and a brush havinga circumferential groove in its handle portion formed with parallel side walls for engaging the sides of the support and maintaining the brush in a horizontal position, substantially as described.

6. The combination with a substantially U shaped support, of a shaving-brush having a handle provided with circumferential shoulders spaced apart forming between a seat for the support and with which the sides of the support engage for retaining the handle in a substantially horizontal position.

7. The combination with asubstantially U- shaped pivotal support, of a shaving-brush having a handle provided with circumferential shoulders spaced apart forming between a seat for the support and with which the sides of the support engage for retaining the handle in a substantially horizontal position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SETH YVILLIAM BABBITT.

Vv'itnesses:

JOSEPH A. HILL, EDWARD P. HALL. 

